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Midland Football League Newsletter 31st July 2015 League News Pershore Town FC has negotiated a new stadium sponsor, hence with immediate effect, the ground is now known as the 2020SolarPV King George 5th Stadium. Heanor Town FC wish to announce that on Saturday 25th July Keith Costello, former Club Secretary of over 40 years, sadly passed away. Words can not express the loss Keith will be to Heanor Town FC. Keith was an encourager and a fountain of knowledge for all involved since he retired from the role of Secretary just two years ago. The opening two league games of the season for Hereford FC, at home to Dunkirk and away to Stourport Swifts, have been made all ticket. Unfortunately both Aston (Division 2) and North Birmingham Celtic (U21 Division North) have resigned their membership with immediate effect The travels of the Press Officer Saturday 25th July Brocton 0 Coventry United 3 One of my regular haunts but my first visit to Silkmore Lane as the Press Officer. The Badgers entertained Division 1 Coventry United who are looking to push on following their promotion last season. The game was played on the second pitch at Silkmore Lane and it was clear from the start that Coventry United will provide stern opposition in Division 1 this season. Both sides were guilty of missing chances but the visitors ran out comfortable 3-0 winners. Highlight of the day was the performance of former Premier League match referee Terry Holbrook. If you have never witnessed Terry you have missed a treat – everyone is well aware of the decision he has made and why! Monday 27th July Coventry Sphinx 2 Cadbury Athletic 3 My third visit to Sphinx Drive and yet again it was raining. The opening game of last season was played in a deluge and at least, on this occasion, it wasn’t that bad. A decent crowd had turned up to witness an excellent game between two good sides. Sphinx shaded the first half but missed too many chances to hold a slender lead at the break. They were to rue those opportunities as the visitors upped their game in the second half, clinching the game with an absolute screamer before the final whistle. Yet again, I had witnessed a Division 1 side beat higher ranked opposition – it’s going to be some league! Tuesday 28th July AFC Wulfrunians 0 Hinckley AFC 2 A short journey for me, avoiding the crowds around Molineux with Wolves at home to Aston Villa in a friendly. Castlecroft is a great place to watch football with trees surrounding the ground and an excellent main stand for viewing. Visitors Hinckley were backed by a good number of travelling supporters and they were very complimentary about the set-up. Their biggest compliments were reserved for their own side as they took a 2-0 lead into the break. Speed down the flanks, experience in midfield and up-top in the form of Marco Adaggio, gave Hinckley a real cutting edge. Wulfs were better after the break without ever troubling the visitors, in fact it was Hinckley who had the better chances. The third consecutive game of away wins for Division 1 sides – an excellent week of pre- season friendlies. Pre- season results Friday 24th July Coventry Sphinx 0 Barwell 4 Saturday 25th July AFC Bridgnorth 1 Boldmere St Michaels 0 AFC Solihull 4 Shipston Excelsior 3 Monday 27th July Coventry Sphinx 2 (Downes, Piggon) Cadbury Athletic 3 (Westwood, Walton, Butcher) Pelsall Villa 2 Tamworth U21 1 Tuesday 28th July AFC Wulfrunians 0 Hinckley AFC 2 (Walker, Adaggio) Arnold Town 2 Heanor Town 1 (Debrouwer) Atherstone Town 2 (Smith, McEnroe) Bedworth United 2 Bardon Hill 1 (Hanslow) Coalville Town 1 Brimscombe & Thrupp 2 Hereford FC 4 (Haysham 2, Wheatley, Mills) Brocton 3 (Farrell, McMahon, Dockerty) Heath Hayes 1 Hanley Town 2 Sporting Khalsa 1 (Townsend) Jaguar Daimler 0 Alvis Sporting Club 6 Knowle 0 Pilkington XXX 2 (McCalla, Adjei) Lichfield City 2 Black Country Rangers 3 Oadby Town 0 Dunkirk 1 (Webb) Paget Rangers 2 (Evans, Bellingham) Coleshill Town 2 Pershore Town 0 Malvern Town 0 Walsall Wood 2 (Butlin, Adams) Kidderminster Harriers 1 Westfields 5 Slimbridge 3 Wednesday 29th July AFC Bridgnorth 4 Enville Athletic 1 Thursday 30th July Highgate United Reserves 7 FC Stratford 4 Leicester Road 2 (Hicks, Munton) Barwell 2 Wolverhampton Casuals 2 Lichfield City 0 Friendlies Required Sutton Coldfield Town Under 21's have been let down by two teams pulling out of Friendlies we have the 3G pitch at Coles Lane on Saturday 15th August and Saturday 29th August already both would be 10-30am kick off. Dave Harrison on 07836519003 or
24th July 2015
League News Hereford FC are delighted to announce that we will welcome the family and friends of Adam Stansfield as special guests at Edgar Street on August 1st when The Bulls entertain Hull City U21s. Adam’s mother, Gig, sent the following message “I just wanted to thank you and all at Hereford FC for the invite and for the amazing support you continue to give to our Foundation. “As we approach the 5th anniversary of losing Ads, the charity we set up in his name is continuing to grow and help so many young children to participate in ‘kicking a ball around’. The Adam Stansfield Foundation will be collecting around the ground before the game, and Gig says that the donations they receive will make a real difference. “We are working very hard to get the message out there that bowel cancer isn’t a disease that only attacks older people. Your very generous offer of a collection at the ground will enable us to continue in doing this. We are very proud and happy to be able to see so many young people enjoying the game that our Adam was so passionate about.” The foundation will sponsor one of the United In The Community sides for the coming season. Gig ends by saying “Hereford will always be a very special place for us because Adam & Marie loved living there and being part of what is a wonderful community Paget Rangers have pulled off a major coup by signing non-league goal scoring legend Mark Bellingham from WMRL Cradley Town. Bellingham has 662 career goals to date and adds significant firepower to the Bears, who have also signed Jem Mills from Aston United. Enville Athletic new signing, Kieran Miller from Sporting Khalsa, hit a second half hat-trick as they came from 3-0 down to beat WMRL Div1 Wyrley 4-3 at Four Ashes. Plenty of higher league scalps being taken in pre-season by teams from all 4 divisions of the Midland Football League – see the results for more details. The travels of the Press Officer Friday 17th July Sporting Khalsa 1 Halesowen Town 1 Sporting Khalsa hosted Evostik Northern Premier Division Halesowen at the Aspray Arena. I hadn’t visited Noose Lane for many years and on my last visit it was the home of Willenhall Town. What was a rundown stadium with one of the worst pitches imaginable has been transformed into an excellent set-up. On the park, Ian Rowe’s side were more than a match for the Yeltz who are two steps higher in the pyramid. Khalsa were unlucky to go behind to a scrambled goal but deservedly levelled with a cracking goal from Ben Hadley. Khalsa missed a glorious opportunity to win the game but their pace and approach play will be welcome addition to the Premier Division. As an aside, how many other clubs will be serving delicious samosas at Half-time? Tuesday 21st July Bromsgrove Sporting Stratford Town 3 Another ground that I last visited over a decade ago as my team, Stafford Rangers clinched promotion at the Victoria ground despite losing 3-2 to Bromsgrove Rovers. Rovers are now no more and the Rouslers, as Bromsgrove Sporting are known, have been building a strong foundation for the last 5 seasons. Visitors Stratford Town were promoted to the Evostik Southern Premier Division last season and with 3 leagues separating the sides, a tough evening was anticipated for Bromsgrove. How wrong we were. Easily the best game I have seen this pre-season with Stratford holding a 1-0 lead at half-time through a penalty from Richard Gregory. The home-side were in the lead within 15 minutes of the second half with Josh McKenzie and Sean Brain on the score sheet. Stratford equalised through Aaron Stringfellow following an excellent move but the Rouslers weren’t deterred and a wonderful run and finish from Ollie Gibson gave them the lead again. The goal of the game from 17 year old Charlie Faulkner, who controlled and shot on the turn, gave Stratford a last minute equaliser. The crowd of around 150 was thoroughly entertained and if this is what is going to be served up at The Victoria ground this season, it will be well worth a visit. Plenty of games for me over the next week with Brocton, Coventry Sphinx and AFC Wulfrunians likely to be on my list. Pre- season results Friday 17th July Malvern town 0 Westfields 2 (Jones, Febery) Sporting Khalsa 1 (Hadley) Halesowen Town 1 Saturday 18th July AFC Solihull 0 Alcester Town 5 AFC Wulfrunians 0 AFC Telford 3 Austrey Rangers 5 Jaguar Daimler 1 Bardon Hill 2 (Tozer, Disney) Gresley 1 Barton United 2 (Grant, Roberts) Walsall Phoenix 3 Bilston Town 1 Stafford Town 1 (McAnespie) Brocton 1 (Jones) Cadbury Athletic 0 Chelmsley Town 1 (Lloyd) Pilkington XXX 0 Coventry Sphinx 4 (Thomson 3, Piggon) Worcester City 0 Coventry United 2 Dudley Town 0 Cradley Town 1 Bromsgrove Sporting 0 Droitwich Spa 1 Stourport Swifts 3 Dunkirk 1 (Bopp) Derby County XI 1 Enville Athletic 4 (Miller 3, Brown)Wyrley 3 FC Stratford 1 Wrens Nest 4 Feckenham 2 (Ager, Bennett) Redditch United Reserves 2 Heath Hayes 0 Tividale 2 Heather St Johns 3 Chasetown 5 Highgate United 2 (Brown 2) Black Country Rangers 0 Jet Blades 8 Kenilworth Town 0 Lichfield City 1 (Clarke) Walsall Wood 1 Merthyr Town 2 Hereford FC 2 (Summers, Wheatley) Northampton Spencer 3 Southam United 0 Oadby Town 0 Alvechurch 3 (March, Foster, Bellis) Paget Rangers 2 (Morris 2) Boldmere St Michaels 2 (Capaldi, Clarke) Pelsall Villa 2 Dudley Sports 1 Pershore Town 4 (Griffiths, Walsh, Gifford, Hall) Badsey Rangers 1 Powick Rangers 2 Perrywood 1 Quorn 1 (Thompson) Swaffham Town 3 Racing Club Warwick 1 Coleshill Town 2 Radford 1 Shepshed Dynamo 3 (Porter, Miveld, Langham) Redgate Clayton 1 Rocester 3 (Mottershead 2, Williams) Romulus 2 Hinckley AFC 1 (Adaggio) Rostance Edwards 3 Wolverhampton Casuals 1 Shifnal Town 1 Lye Town 3 Smithswood Firs 0 Hampton 3 (Crane, Joynes, Richardson) South Normanton 0 Long Eaton United 0 Stapenhill 1 Atherstone Town 5 (Ball 2, Smith, Miller, Thorpe) Teversal 0 Heanor Town 5 (Debrouwer, Cooper 2, Benger, OG) Wednesfield 2 Coton Green 2 Wolverhampton Sporting 2 Walsall Wood 0 Monday 20th July Pinxton 3 Heanor Town 2 (Naylor, Clarke) Sutton United 1 Pilkington XXX 2 Leicester Road 2 (Lyne, OG) Blaby & Whetstone 0 Tuesday 21st July Alcester Town 3 Feckenham 0 Arnold Town 2 Dunkirk 3 (Hastie 2, Hemagou) Atherstone Town 2 (White, Tyler) Alvis Sporting Club 2 Bewdley Town 1 Stourport Swifts 3 Bilston Town 1 Sporting Khalsa 2 (Reid, West) Boldmere St Michaels 2 (Palmer, Clarke) Sutton Coldfield Town 3 Bolehall Swifts 0 Coleshill Town 6 Bromsgrove Sporting 3 (McKenzie, Brain, Gibson) Stratford Town 3 Continental Star 0 Rushall Olympic 0 Coventry United 5 (Nduna 2, Briscoe, Dakouri 2) Barnt Green Spartak 0 Heath Hayes 1 (Watkins) Chasetown 1 Hinckley AFC 1 (Richards) Barwell 3 Ingles FC 2 Shepshed Dynamo 2 Lichfield City 2 (Clarke, OG) AFC Wulfrunians 1 (Henslow) Lydney Town 2 Westfields 1 (Cuss) Paget Rangers 7 Burntwood 1 Pelsall Villa 1 (Williams) Walsall Wood 0 Quorn 2 (Staniland 2) Gresley 3 Racing Club Warwick 2 (McKenzie, Junior) Long Buckby 1 Rocester 0 Hanley Town 3 Stafford Town 3 Market Drayton Town 7 Stapenhill 3 Barton United 0 Wellington 2 Hereford FC 4 Wednesday 22nd July AFC Solihull 0 Leamington Hibernian 4 Chelmsley Town 2 Coleshill Town 2 Darlaston Town 2 Rostance Edwards 2 Droitwich Spa 1 Worcester City 3 Littleton 3 Malvern Town 2 Shawbury United 4 Brocton 2 Tipton Town 0 Tividale 2 Willenhall Town 0 Walsall Wood 2 Wolverhampton Sporting 1 Alvechurch 5 (Ashton, Ambula, Turton, Priest, Edwards) Thursday 23rd July Aylestone Park 1 Shepshed Dynamo 3 (Porter, Meade, Whymark) Dunkirk 1 (Green) Coalville Town 1 Folly Lane 5 Barnt Green Spartak 2 Highgate United 3 Paget Rangers 2 Leicester Road 1 (Hicks) St Andrews 0 Loughborough University 2 Stratford Town 3 Nuneaton Town 2 Nuneaton Griff 2 (Millerchip, Brennan) Pelsall Villa 0 Sikh Hunters 2 Worcester City Academy 3 Perrywood 3 Wyrley Juniors 0 Heath Hayes 1 |
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